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October 23, 2008, 8:42 am PDT
Dear Mojavewolf
Quote From: mojavewolfYou do not know how happy I was to see your show tonight on Suicide awareness! I lost my husband Mark to Suicide 18 months ago..I could relate to everything those parents felt except it was my spouse.it hurts ..I have been trying to get someone to have a show on this epidemic..I even wrote to the dr. Phil show..I was very angry when i wrote,because i was hurting so bad and I wanted Suicide to get out to the public..It just seemed to me like no one wanted to talk about it,yet it goes on every 16 minutes with another lost loved one.I myself have felt suicidal since the loss of my husband..I cant stress this enouse that we need to educate educate..Thank you dr. Phil for your show..I want to give you a Big hug and kiss for it..you are awesome..your show reaches alot of people and if i would of seen something like your show today before i lost my husband maybe i could of helped him.He is loved very much and terribly missed...I do have the book that you mentioned on your show."Why people die by Suicide" there are many good books out there for survivors..There are also good internet support groups ,such as FFOS,and POS ..One is Frinds and family of suicide and parents of suicide..this group has helped me alot..I have alsogotten involved with AFSP..Wonderful group Actress Mariette Hartley cofounded.great Lady and also a suicide survivor. I refuse to be silent,while every 16 minutes we lose someone to this killer and every 17 minutes there are people like me (suicide survivors) left in pain and to try and make sense of what happened.I can go on and on..but basically..You Rock ! Dr.Phil and I will come on your show anyday to talk about this killer and what it does to shout this out to the world...((BIG KIDDO's TO YOU DR PHIL)) I am sure alot of us survivors who try and try to get people to air shows such as this feel the same as i do... I am deeply sorry for your recent loss of your husband. I lost my 17 yr. old nephew to suicide 6 months ago and feel some of what you are feeling, though I suspect, most I will never know. The common feelings of wanting to commit suicide yourself is actually not unusual after a suicide of a close loved one. It is NOT normal, however, if you have a plan and the means to carry this plan out. The feelings of wanting to "shout out" about it I share as well. My family just did the AFSP's walk, "Out of the Darkness." Someday, I may do the overnight walk as well. I am going to attend a seminar this weekend in Chicago called, "Dying Too Soon." I am finding various ways to "shout out" about it. My sister may start a scholarship at Andre's high school for someone who may exhibit exceptional reaching out abilities to fellow students. Maybe chosen by their peers. She hasn't yet made up her mind. The next thing is contacting our LEGISLATORS to demand more education in schools, and of parents especially if they have a child diagnosed as clinically depressed or with Bi polar Disorder.
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